About the Position

Strategy & Planning Manager

San Francisco, CA

About the Company

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress. We're changing the way the physical world operates by creating Physical AI - real-world robots for industries like food, mining, and transport. Our systems are designed to understand, predict, and control the real world with precision, making complex physical operations more reliable, scalable, and productive.

We are roboticists, engineers, operators, and builders. We believe the next great technology companies will transform not only information but the physical systems that shape everyday life.

Responsibilities

Own Talent strategy end to end: Translate Talent priorities into structured projects with clear owners, milestones, and outcomes, and step into any ambiguous, high-priority people problem across the portfolio.
Drive efficient growth: Lead headcount planning and org design work - spans of control, layer analysis, role architecture - and model workforce scenarios across FTE vs. AI workforce, location, and in-house vs. outsource.
Rebuild how we hire: Redesign and operationalize a recruiting model that produces better hires, faster, and at lower cost across every company in the portfolio.
Architect how we perform: Build goal-setting and performance programs that genuinely differentiate talent, using data to surface high performers and flight risks and systems that act on those signals.
Back the business with numbers: Serve as the analytical and operational backbone for board- and exec-level people reporting, and drive ROI analysis on talent programs, hiring spend, comp, and tools.

Requirements

5–8 years of experience, with a Tier 1 consulting background and meaningful time inside a high-growth operating company.
Proven track record of taking problems from ambiguous brief to shipped outcome.
Comfort with data and ability to pull, model, and present workforce analytics.
Strong project management instincts and ability to create structure where there isn't any.
Low ego and high output - focused on execution, not advising.

We Offer

Competitive Salary: $170,000 – $200,000 per year.
Equity Awards: Potential for equity in the company.
Performance-Based Bonus: Annual bonus based on performance.
Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options).
- Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).
- Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity.
- Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children.
- Pet insurance discount.
- 401(k).
- Health Savings Account (HSA).
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter).
- Time Off policies.

Why Join Us

At Atoms, you'll work on one of the defining challenges of our time - bringing automation into the physical world to drive real, lasting impact. We exist to uncover valuable unknown truths and turn them into progress, which means constantly pushing beyond what's known and building what doesn't yet exist. The work is ambitious and often challenging, but it's grounded in a shared sense of purpose and a team committed to seeing it through together. Our work only matters if it serves others, and we know that meaningful progress depends on the trust of the people we serve and the strength of our team, so we invest in both, creating an environment where you can do your best work and grow.

Additional Information

This role is based in our San Francisco office location. As a company driven by innovation and continuous change, close collaboration is essential. We're constantly reimagining our industry, creating new products, and refining our processes, and we do our best work together. That's why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.

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